15 Feb Essex & Suffolk Water awarded national benchmark status
Essex & Suffolk Water has received national accreditation from the UK water industry competency body, Energy & Utility Skills, for securing the strict quality standards required for water quality operations.
On Friday 25 January, Essex & Suffolk Water became one of the first water companies to be recognised for achieving high industry standards set out in the latest Competent Operator Scheme (COS), and was awarded a certificate of recognition.
The nationwide scheme is a collaboration between Water UK, the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) and Energy & Utility Skills, and has been recently introduced as a new benchmark for UK water companies to ensure levels of operational excellence, good practice and compliance are met.
Having had its processes certified according to a strict set of industry standards, Essex & Suffolk Water has demonstrated its commitment to ensure high quality high quality water supply and safe and efficient working.